Since 2007, the duo has designed for Estée Lauder, Clinique, and J. Crew. Influence can take many forms—a textured wallpaper for the popular local ice cream parlor Salt & Straw evokes a waffle cone. Their aesthetic? Layered, abstract riots of color and geometry. The challenge? Devising combinations suited to infinity. “The end result needs to repeat,” says Vickery. “Elements need to meet up, side to side and top to bottom, in an aesthetically pleasing manner.”